by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Trinity Valley Community College was awarded 10 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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TVCC landed the #1,353 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when TVCC held the #1,700 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, TVCC is ranked at #58.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Trinity Valley Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Trinity Valley Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Trinity Valley Community College is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Trinity Valley Community College has a freshmen retention rate of 91%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,600 undergraduates at TVCC with 1,613 being full-time and 3,987 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,143 | $5,591 | $7,117 | $9,579 | $10,482 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of TVCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At TVCC, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,348 a year. That adds up to $21,392 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for TVCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 Cardinal Drive, Athens, TX 75751 |
| Phone: | 903-675-6200 |
| Website: | www.tvcc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 707 | NA |
| Nursing | 156 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 114 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 97 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 59 | NA |
| Horticulture | 40 | NA |
| General Education | 34 | NA |
| Drafting & Design Engineering Technology | 30 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 30 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 26 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 2,819 students took at least one online class at Trinity Valley Community College. This is an increase from the 2,712 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,819 | 1,493 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,712 | 1,610 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,093 | 1,865 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,741 | 1,658 |
Learn more about online learning at Trinity Valley Community College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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